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Wavelengths of 155 metres 1845 k,c's.). 31.19 metres (9,32 megacyales). Hong Kong Times)
Calls
G.S.G.
4.5.0.
Z.B.W.
RELAY OF THE HONG KONG HOTEL ORCHESTRA
Children's Hour 12 noon-Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
".m.
12.30
Leslie Hutchinson (Plane and Vocal),
I Feel A Song Coming On (film "Every Night at Eight"). My Heart Is Haunted (Flynn-Egon); East of the Sun (Bowman).
12.40 p.m. Ray Fox and Hls Or chestra.
Wavelength 17.79m.c. (16.86m.) ..... 15.1km.c. (19.79m.) G.9.8.
9.51m.c. (31.55m.) G.S.EL 21.47mm.c. (13.97mi) G.S.F....... 15.14m.c. (16,82m.) Trans. 1 (G.S.O.,, G.S.G., G.S.B.),
4.16 p.m.-A talk by A. Lloyd James, on Spoken English. 4.30 The Chamber Music of Schubert 5.10 "World Affair." A talk by H
9.30
JAPAN'S WEAPONS BOMBAY'S TRIAL
AGAINST CHINA
Opium As Well As Bombs
*. The statement that the Japanese used oplum to subdue the popula- tion of Manchukua was made by
of
the Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, speaking at a meeting organised by the Women's International League at Friends House, London, recently, states the "Manchester, Guardian." The meeting was to protest against "the
"BLACK-OUT"
Public Lacks
Co-operation
Bombay's first trial "olack-out" can hardly so termed a complete- auccess, judging from the observa- Miss Koo, a 20-year-old student oftions from Malabar Hill which London University and daughter commands a view of the greater
part of the City.
Large crowes assemled at "van- tage points throughout the City to As darkness observe the scene. fell, the absence of street lights and electric signs became evident put the brilliant lights which shone through many windows in- dicated lack of co-operation on the part or many householders. As the roar of "enemy bombers" sounded over the city, excitement
crime of war."
grew and thousands gazed towards the sky, watching their night- white and dying lights, while. green rockets soared to the air
disappointed to note that search- from military posts. Many were
lights were not in action but this was presumably due to the fact that the planes were taking photo- graphs to see the effect of the black-out. At 7.10 promptly, street ights reappeared and Bombay
Wickham Steed. 5.25-Recital by Stanley Pope (Baritone) and Geraldine and Mary Peppin (Two Planufortes). 6.0---News and An- nouncements. 8.25-Close down.
Trans, II (G.S.H., G.S.G., G.S.B.),
Miss Koo said that Japanese 6.43 p.m.-Reginald Dixon, the Organ of the Granada Cinema. the occupation
nt aggression had opened in 1931 with of Manchukuo. 7.15 p.m.-The BBC Welsh Orches-"After that the world, forgot that Fox-Trots The Folks Who Live tra: 7.45 The Count of Monte war was still going on. The Japan- on the Hill (Alm "High. Wide and Cristo." 8:15 The Gaumont State ese used opium to subdue the civil Handsome"); Can I Forget You Orchestra. 8.30-"At the Black population. That is warfare, too. (him "High, Wide and Handsome"; Dog" Mr. Wilkes at home in his It is one of the cruellest means of and The Cafe Continental. Waltz own
bar-parlour, 9.0-Selections destroying masses of people. We -Stars in My Eyes (Alm "The from the Gilbert and Sullivan knew all the time that it was still King steps out"). Fox-Trots Operas. 0.15 "World Affairs." A Whispers in the Dark (flm "Artists talk by HI Wickham Steed.
going on. It was extending to Pek- ing and Tientsin, and that was at a and Models"); Stop! You're Break-The News and Announcements: time when we had imposed the ing My Heart (Alm "Artists and 9.55-Close down.
death sentence on dope traffickers, Models").
and hoped to wipe out the traffic 9.55 p.m.-Opening Announce-by 1940. But now. in Manchuria ments 10.0 Harry Engleman's and North China it is increasing."quickly returned to normality after 1.03 p. Webster Booth (Tenor) Quintet, with Vernon Adcock and Light Symphony Orchestra. (Xylophone). 10.30 W. H Berry
May Das Overture (Haydn as "Mr. Micawber," in Wood)-Orchestra conducted.. by episodes from his life. 10.45- the Composer. Moon of, Romance Variety. 11.20 The Symphonies of (Strachey)-Webster Booth. Sum-Brahms. 120-The News and An- mer Days Suite (Eric Coates).—nouncements. 12.20 am-Matters Orchestra conducted by the Conor Moment." Atalk by Diwan poser. Undivided. (9levier and | Bahadur Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar, Thayer); A Bird Sang in the Rain | CIE, in a series for listeners in (Haydn Wood)-Webster Booth. India. 12.35–Recitai 01 Welsh Valsette From "Wood Nymphs" Songs and Duets. 10-Close down. (Eric Coates).-Orchestra conduct
1 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
ed by the Composer.
1.30 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.40 p.m. Mozart-Symphony In D Major (The 'Prague” Symphony) Played by the Vienna PHarmo- nic Orchestra conducted by Erich Kleiber.
2.15 p.m. Close down.
.5 p.m. Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Botel
(Trans, III (G.S.H., G.B.G., G.S.B.),
HOLLAND-INDIA
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BOYS FOR THE FRONT some
Call letters: PEL Wavelengths 10.88 m. and 25.37 m.; Frequencies 17770ke. and 11730kc.
00.00—01.00 G.M.T. wavelength 51.28 m.
01.00-12.30 GM.T; wavelength 31.28 19.
13.25-15.25 GMT. wavelength 16,88 m.
Wavelength 31.28 m. 00.00 01.00 Phohi Brogramme tar the Western Hemisphere
Salamanca, Feb. 2 General "Franco has called to the colours all men born in the frst quarter of 1919 who are not normally due for military service until 1940.
her first experience of an "air raid."
X-RAY
PROTECTION
between the ages of 18 and 21. A New Alloy Heavier'
All men in Nationalist Spata,
are already serving in the Army.
(Reuter);
DICKENS INSPIRES
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
Mr. Micawber, the character that Charles Dickens based on his own father, is to be the central figure of a series of four (and possibly five) programmes entitled Mr. 1. (a) True Confession (c) Whis-
Micawber, the first which will be pers in the Dark (b) Public Melody
broadcast from Daventry tonight No. 1 (d) Stop! "You're breaking
Max Kester, who devised and pro- my Heart. 2. (a) Sweet Leffani
Wavelength 31.28 m.
duces this feature, has drama- (c) Ebb Tide (b) Smarty (d) After
01.00-02.30 Experimental broad-tised in the series all the out you" 3. (a) Make a wish (c) Yours | cast on behalf of Philips Radio standing ups and downs in Mr. and Mine (b) Fm Feeling like a
Eindhoven-Rolland. Happy pro Micawber's chequered career, from Million (d) Your Broadway and my gramme. Special broadcast for: his Introduction to David Copper Broadway. During the Intervals Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia. field to bis exposure of Uriah Heep dance records will be played from Venezuela, Ecuador, Jamaica, Halt, and subsequent emigration
San Domingo, Surinam, Curacao, Australia. Antilles, San Thome, Peru, British Guyana, Trinidad, Porto Rico, Barbados, Bolivia. Reports about the reception are to be sent to Phohl-PCJ Studio Hilyersum-Hol- land.
ZBW.
bm. Studio-Children's Hour. 1. p.ni. Choruses. Sea Shanties; Sea Songs-Ports- mouth Royal Naval Singers cond. by CT. Lee, R,N.
7.10 p.m. Rachmaninoff's Com- positions.
Prelude In C Minor, Op.23, No. 5 -Vladimir Horowitz (Plano); Bere- nade. Op.3, No. 5 Sergei Rach- maninoff (Piano): Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini. For Plano And Orchestra. Op.43-Sergei Rach-
Wavelength 16.88 Phohi programine for the Netherlands Indies. 13.25 National anthem and open-" ing-announcement.
13.30 Stock reports.
13.40 Special broadcast on behalf maninoff (Plano), with Leopold of the Liberal Protestant Radio Stokowski and the Philadelphia Society (V.P.R.O.) for the children. Orchestra.
by Mrs. L Spelberg-Stokmans. Hilversum
7.40 3.m. Closing local Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Ex- change. Market Report.
1:45 p.m. Variety. Vocal-But For You (film "The only Girl") There's Magic In The
14.00 Actualities.
14.20 “Music in Paradise" by Ren Kopartzky.
14.40 Recitation by Mr. Jan Hartman.
15.10 Daily News Bulletin.
Air (only Girl-Lillan Harvey 15.25 Close down and national (Soprano). Hill Billy Songs-Med- anthem.
ley-Carson
Ploneers.
Robison and His
11 p.m. Close down. 8.05 pm. Variety.
Than Lead
The phrase "as heavy as lead" will have to be abandoned, accord- ing to Mr. E. A G. Liddlard, of the British Non-Ferrous Metals Re- search Association, one of the co- organisations operative research sponsored by the Government's re-
department, states search "Marchester Guardian."
the
Mr. Laddlard addressed a conifer- ence held by the London branch of the Institute of Physics on "New materials at the North-Western Polytechnic, Londen, recently. He told of a new metal alloy which is Dearly half as heavy again as lead, and which he announced, is cor- respondingly more effective as a protection against X-rays and radium radiation. The new alloy is made of tungsten (already used in electric lamp fliaments and Micawber is to be played by W. H Berry, who has made at least two special steels), together with nickel
and copper,
Dr. generations of London musiedl-
W. Evart Willams, comedy audiences laugh. Els ripe | King's College. London. "tremendous style should at the character as nounced £ perfectly as the pantalons and vance". In the preparation of a imposing collar of the Phiz' draw-new material for use in special ings.
NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
of
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Ad-
types of lens used for the study of ultraviolet radiation. The new material is "thium fluorite,” arti- ficially grown" in crystal form in the laboratory.. Dr. Williams told also how specially treated aluminium mirrors are helping Mr. Joseph Kennedy the new Volted States Ambassador in Lon-astronomers. Their special virtue. don, is a brilliant organiser and is that they tarnish much less a keen-witted financier, and was, quickly than the normal variety. regarded as the ideal brain for reorganising the urgent task of
the American mercantile marine NURSES IN INDIA
in his last past as Maritime com- missioner.
AUSTRALIA
9.58 megacyeles
In addressing the Indian Trained Nurses' Association recently Lady Linkthgow. the Vicereine, put her finger on three reasons why VLR.~Wave Length, 31.34 matres nursing as a profession "is rather 8p. Local Time Signal. Wea-lonia) Blue Skies (Rixner)-Bar- ther Report and Announcements. nabas Von Ceczy and His Orch. 'Power, 1 Kilowatt; Frequency:
looked down on by girls of good Pavilion 8.05 p.m. Chinese Programme Bizuer
(Armandola)
education”... in India. They were Stadlo Concert..
Traumende mocken (Krome)—
12.33 p.m. Recorded Music. lack of recognised statius and Columbia Meister Orchestra. p.m. Time Signal, Victorian News unsatisfactory living conditions Waldtenfel, Memories (arr. Finck), Bulletin. 1.5 p.m. Interstate Wea- and under-staffing in many "how- Orchestra-"Double Or Nothing"-De Groot and His Orchestra, ther Notes. 1.15 p.m. Luncheon
pitals. Selection - Louis Levy and
10.15 p.m. Gilbert and Sullivan Music. 1.30 pm. Afternoon Musical
At the ausės' Madras conterence His Gaumont-British Symphony. Excerpts.
Programme, interspersed with des-
in 1938 much was said on the Comedian The Christmas Dinner "The Gondollers" Then, Let's criptions by Jim Carroll, of the same topics: since then popular (Miller) Just Another Sally (Carl-Away; Then Away They Go To An Bendigo Races (4,01. Acceptances Ministries have come into power ton)-Max Miller. Novelty-Rex Island Fair-Derek Oldham, Wint- and Barrier Positions will be given and on them rests the responathi- Cavalcade Of 1937-Introducting fred Lawson, Alleen Davies, George for the Williamstown Races on
lity for righting a wrong not only famous artists. Compered by Baker and Chorus, "The Gon- Saturday), 5.15 pm. Close. 8.38 to the nursing profession but to Gracie Fields and Sandy Powell dollers" of Happiness the Very p.m. "At Home And Abroad"—""The those who are or may be patients Orchestra-Limelight Selection Pith Derek Oldham, George Baker Watchman. 6.45 p.m. Sporting in the State hospitals Louis Levy and His Gaumont-Briand Chorus: Rising Early in the News and Notes. p.m. News, Ministers are" short of money tish: Bymohony.
Morning. George Baker and Markets and Weather for North
8.30 Da: London Relay At The Chorus: Take a Pair of Sparkling Australia. 7.20 p.m. Overseas News but there are one or two sugges
tions urged by the conference that Black Dog"Mr. Wilkes at home in Eves-Derek Oldham, his own bar-parlour. Presented by 10.32 p.m. Latest Dance Music. Overseas News. 7.30 Qutenaland puld be put into practice without
much expense
Pascoe Thornton:
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Lady Linlithgow was of the view that the discipline of the female nursing staff should be entirely in the hands of the nursing superin- tendent
Bervice. 7.25 p.m. Commentary on
Fox-Trots Do-De-O-Doh; I and North Australian News Bul 9 pm: Light Operatie Selections. Don't Like (alm "Keep Fit")-Nat letin. 7.40 p.m. News in French "Veronique" (Messager) Trot Gonella and His Georgians. Blow for listeners in New Caledonia and Here And There (Donkey Duet) Fox-Trot Amt Misbehavin'e the New Hebrides. 7.55 p.m. Muae The Swing Song Winnie Melville Daniels and His Hot Shots in dl Interlude. 8 pm. "The Play's and Derek Oldham. "Dollar Drumnasticka. Tungos Tu Bais. the Thing." 9.15 pm. Recital by
Miss Hartly, the accretary, said Princess" (Fall) Medley Nat-Henry King and His Hotel Pierre Laurt Kennedy, famous Australian Shilkret, and His Orchestra. ** Orchestra; Jalousie Xavier Cugat Cellist touring the Commonwealth that because this is not ons in 15 pm. London Relay World and His Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Or- for the Australian Broadcasting many hospitals, training suffers Affairs Atalk by H Wickham chestra. Fox-Trots-Julika! Czar Comission. 10 p.m. Folk Songs and patients cannot be well eated Steed.
das Fox-Trot- Play, Gypsy, Play From Near And FAR," presented by for. If there are no serious objṣc=" 0.30 p.m. London Relay The George Boulanger and His Or- Clement Q Williams, 10.20 p.m. tions to this it would appear to be
chestra. You Can't Stop Me From Danes Music, by Jim Davidson's reform:inexpensive and overdue." -9.50 p.m. Light Orchestral --- Dreaming: That Old Fealing (lm ABC Band. 10.80 p.m. Austra By itself: however it will not go, Spring Bong (Mendelssohn) Nar- "Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1838). lastan News Service. 10.50 m. very faz toward ending the dim- cissus. Nexin)New Light Sym-Harry Roy and His Orchestra. Dance Music. 11.30 pm. News Bre-culties over nursing ^^in Indian phony Orchestra. Siciliana - (1)pol- 11 p.m. Close.
vities. ("1:30 p.m. Close.
bospitals
News
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